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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 1:02 pm
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Originally Posted by DL767Pilot
I am new to Flyertalk, I fly 767s for Delta, and I fly only around 400,000 miles/year!

I know there are some frequent fliers, but you would have to be crossing the Atlantic every day to fly the physical miles some people on here claim.
Welcome DL767Pilot - We all appreciate what you guys do!

Just to calibrate what we mean by "MQMs" - This is not actual miles flown but how many miles you get credit for towards elite status. For instance, first, biz, and expensive coach tickets earn 150% the actual miles flown. Delta always has promotions throughout the year to boost revenue where they give out "Double MQMs" for some period of time. So, for instance, if you flew 400,000 actual miles all in paid biz and all during the "Double EQM" promotion, you would earn 1,200,000 MQMs.

Personally, I wish that they would go back to actual miles flown and just leave it at that.

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